AO
2006
13 years 7 months ago
2006
: The aim of this paper is to provide a logically accurate and technologically sound taxonomy of artifact functions. To this end, I review one of the recent proposals of such taxon...
AO
2006
13 years 7 months ago
2006
AO
2006
13 years 7 months ago
2006
Abstract. That parthood is a transitive relation is among the most basic principles of classical mereology. Alas, it is also very controversial. In a recent paper, Ingvar Johansson...
AO
2006
13 years 7 months ago
2006
Functionality is one of the key concepts of knowledge about artifacts. Functional knowledge shows a part of designer's intention (so-called design rationale), and thus its sha...
AO
2006
13 years 7 months ago
2006
in ontology is quite abstract and often based on toy-examples to the point that the gap between the work of theoreticians and the needs of real applications is too wide to be cross...
AO
2006
13 years 7 months ago
2006
Large software systems are modularized in order to improve manageability. The parts of the software system communicate in order to achieve the desired functionality. To better und...